Persistence to Perspiration
Persistence
(Per*sist"ence Per*sist"en*cy) n. [See Persistent.]
1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense,
doggedness; obstinacy.
2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a) (Physics)
The persistence of motion. (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory
persistence, etc.
Persistent
(Per*sist"ent) a. [L. persistens, -entis, p. pr. of persistere. See Persist.]
1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
2. (Biol.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as,
persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; — opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
Persistently
(Per*sist"ent*ly), adv. In a persistent manner.
Persisting
(Per*sist"ing), a. Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. — Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
Persistive
(Per*sist"ive) a. See Persistent. Shak.
Persolve
(Per*solve") v. t. [L. persolvere.] To pay wholly, or fully. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Person
(Per"son) n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona
a mask a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See Per-
, and cf. Parson.]
1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in
real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. [Archaic]
His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler.
Bacon.
No man can long put on a person and act a part.
Jer. Taylor.
To bear rule, which was thy part
And person, hadst thou known thyself aright.
Milton.
How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a
friend!
South. 2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person.
A fair persone, and strong, and young of age.
Chaucer.
If it assume my noble father's person.
Shak.
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
Milton. 3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a
man, woman, or child.
Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection.
Locke. 4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present.
5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
